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Economy

Number Of Drug Abusers By Ethnic Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 08 May 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU

Data Last Updated: 13/04/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891531

Data explorer

NumberOfDrugAbusersByEthnicGroupAnnual.csv (10 rows, 1.7 KB)

Data Series
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Total Drug Abusers320831753122282627293056352634393091326533433158358135073326288726162537221112187939561809
Chinese92595894091590497010669759349359949711259109911091050103610488136475816891098
Indian5465535855084755136056074655215225055415675394033743303131496175217
Malay1638157714881318128215101743176016181713173816241710177316031376115811231033394133177462
Others998710985686311297749689587168755848365228181532
New Drug Abusers11659969528029361151146013641249134813091093111010921128132712001060520477453603730
Chinese410390373346388399494404401377388314411327379531543471255325347448492
Indian1781401731291501892192331691892001501551661411731361426335184166
Malay52443635629136653868967263272967860051356857758849643318710474102153
Others5330503632255855475343293131313525141513141219
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1cbe2f472b02d8c597c7bbdba219f59c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Drug Abusers By Ethnic Group, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 21, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1cbe2f472b02d8c597c7bbdba219f59c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)